Immersed in scholarly interest in associations of SDOH and health outcomes, Faizah co-founded an IRB committed to academia, research, and volunteerism; currently investigating SDOH, Genetic and Epigenetic factors affecting preterm birth and adverse birth weights.
Sunderland couples methods in diffusion weighted imaging measuring the brain’s white matter integrity with functional neuroimaging to understand the link between child maltreatment and both substance use exploration and use disorder pathogenesis.
Claudette, a summa cum laude graduate in Biology from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, is now a BBH graduate student focusing on health and wellness, particularly stress, mental and physical health, and inflammation.
Maya is a doctoral student in Biobehavioral Health. Her research leverages intensive longitudinal designs, such as ecological momentary assessment, to identify individuals at risk for hazardous cannabis and alcohol use.
Graduate Student
Adviser: Jennifer Graham-Engeland
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Summary Statement
Lourdes is a 4th year PhD student in BBH. Her work focuses on the intersection of nervios, gender, occupational injury, and housing conditions among Latino farmworkers.
Hridya is a dual-title PhD student in BBH & Clinical and Translational Sciences and uses epidemiologic and genetic data (from GHS, HCHS/SOL, and PAGE consortia) to study reproductive and cardiovascular conditions.
Gabriel applies Bayesian models to fMRI and intensive longitudinal data (specifically ambulatory assessments). He researches the link between cognition and health behaviors via daily phone-based and lab fMRI cognitive tasks.
Qiaofeng is interested in understanding the impact of biopsychosocial factors on biological aging processes at physiological and molecular levels across the human lifespan.
